Luz Elisabeth Sánchez is one of the most exciting violists of her generation, rapidly crafting a flourishing career as a versatile musician. Renowned for her profound expressiveness and stylistic versatility, she brings a fresh, warm, and inspiring voice to the viola, setting new impulses in both contemporary chamber and orchestral music.

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From an early age, discovering her passion for the viola at just seven, Luz Elisabeth’s musical journey began in her native Málaga, where she was born in 2001 into a family steeped in music. At the age of 14, she moved to Germany to deepen her studies (Jungstudium) at the Landesmusikgymnasium Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden under Professor Pauline Sachse. She then pursued further studies at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, and is currently enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Professor Walter Küssner.

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Luz Elisabeth quickly established herself on the international music scene as a prizewinner at renowned competitions such as the Virtuoso & Belcanto Competition,  Grünewald Competition, Jugend musiziert, and Ángeles Reina Competition.

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Her performances, as a soloist and within chamber ensembles, have taken her to major festival stages including the Kronberg Academy Festival 2023 with Tabea Zimmermann, Salzburg Festival, Bayreuth Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Musethica Org, Syntagma Musicum Greek, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Virtuoso e Belcanto Festival Lucca, and  Dresdner Musikfestspiele.

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In the field of chamber music, Luz Elisabeth is a passionate chamber musician who dedicates herself intensively to this genre. She performs in ensembles with various formations—from duos and trios presenting rarely performed repertoire to classical quintets and sextets that include wind instruments—demonstrating a commitment to exploring new sound worlds while reinventing traditional structures.

Her artistic development has been profoundly influenced by intensive masterclasses and collaborative projects with internationally renowned musicians such as Tabea Zimmermann, Nobuko Imai, Antoine Tamestit, Kim Kashkashian, Lawrence Power, Nils Mönkemeyer, Timothy Ridout, Hartmut Rohde, Máté Szücs, Peter Bruns, Natascha Prishapenko, Placido Domingo, Martha Argerich, and many others.

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As a dedicated orchestral musician, she has gained valuable experience with leading ensembles including the Ensemble Modern, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, European Philharmonic of Switzerland, Staatskapelle Weimar, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, and Bundesjugendorchester. Her concert tours have taken her across Europe, the USA, Canada, and South Africa, collaborating under the direction of internationally acclaimed conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Kirill Petrenko, Christian Thielemann, Daniel Baremboin, Gustavo Dudamel, Alexander Shelley, and Jakub Hrůša.

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Her performances have graced some of the world’s most prestigious concert venues. In addition to renowned halls like the Berliner Philharmonie, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, and the Tonhalle Zürich, she has also performed in top international venues such as the Salzburger Festspielhaus, the Semperoper Dresden, and the Frauenkirche Dresden. In Canada, she has appeared at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto and at Place des Arts in Montreal, and in South Africa, at prominent venues like the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town.

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Supported by regular scholarships from esteemed foundations and represented by the international soloist agency Pianocase, she performs on a viola by Patrick Robin (Paris, 2020).